Types of decontamination

For many of you who are not familiar with or don’t have an idea what decontamination is?

Decontamination is the process of cleaning different contaminants like micro-organism or hazardous materials from the environment. It can be done to prevent germs and other contaminants from spreading that may be harmful to human health.

There are different types of decontamination of which here are a few:

Human decontamination 

It is the process of cleaning the human body to remove contamination caused by hazardous materials. Human decontamination falls in two categories - Mass decontamination and Hospital decontamination. Mass decontamination is the decontamination/disinfection process done for large crowd of people. Generally this is done in industries, factories, etc. and functions as a “human car wash”. Hospital decontamination is a term that is used to provide a decontamination shower built in the hospital. Forensic and crime scene clean-up is also considered as human decontamination. 

Water decontamination

Water decontamination is the process of treating or decontaminating polluted water from products. This is caused by various reasons and can be harmful to humans causing typhoid or cholera. Contaminated water can be noticed by the naked eye when the water is discoloured by an algae form.

Air decontamination

The process of disinfecting all impurities in the air is referred to as Air decontamination. Air contamination is caused by smoke, paint, heavy mental, etc. and they can lead to various respiratory diseases as well. Decontamination of air is done by getting rid of pollutants or odour in whatever form.

Fungal decontamination

Contamination caused by fungal particles borne from spores & fungal fragments. They evolve in moisture or high humidity and cause health risk to the immune system. Decontamination of fungus is important so as to prevent mould growth.

Dry decontamination

Dry decontamination is different from the others. It is a decontamination process that does not involve water or any liquid. Dry decontamination is performed in a particular way done in five steps:

Scraping – it is done to remove the contaminant in bulk from the environment.

Absorbent material – absorbent materials are specifically used to absorb all the contaminants.

Adsorbent material – they are materials which adhere to and encapsulate the contaminants.

Vacuuming – it is the physical activity to remove solid materials from the environment.

Pressurized air – the process where low pressure air streams is placed on the surface to remove any solids.

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